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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-19

Only few months ago, in India, in a
certain planting district there was q
notorious man eater. Two gentlemen, A
and B, residing together on an estate, had
lost, besides other employees, two chowke-
bars, or native watchmen, within few
days, and the unfortunate men had been
actually carried off out Of the veranda Of
the bungalow. A and B therefore deter
mined to clothe themselves like natives,
and sit during the night, armed, in the
veranda, in the hopes they might be able
to get shot at the man eater, who, they
thought, might probably return to the
spot which had already provided him with
two victims.
They proceeded to carry out this inten-
tion, and sat up till about Q or 5 o'clock
a. M, but nothing appeared. A then said
he should not stay up any longer, as he
did not believe the animal would come;
but B announced his intention Of waiting
half On hour longer by himself. There
were lnrge windows opening down to the
floor OF the veranda, and through one of
these A retired, and after entering his
room, had Just closed the window, md
was gazing out for ON instant, when he
saw O dark mass land In the veranda,
right on to his friend, then heard sounds
Of scuflle, and O cry for help. Selling
his rifle to which sword bayonet was
attached, and finging up the window, he
rushed out, in time to see B walking down
the steps that led up to the veranda
alongside of the tiger, with bis hand in
the latter's mouth. 81.
A.was afrafdtb fire lest he should hit
his friend, SO, running after him, he, with
admirable: presence of mind, went up to
the tiger, and, plunging his bayonet into
the animals body, at the same instant
fired. There was roar and q scuffle,
and b took advantage of the moment to
release his hand, and the tiger, after
tumbling, died. BIS hand was terribly
manglod.-Covrt Journal.
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Naval Maneuvors Near Gibraltar.

A very interesting series Of maneuvers
by the French Mediterranean squadron
will take place In April. There are to be
two distinct operations. The first will
consist In the attempt Of a torpedo divi-
sion lying under the lee of the island of
Sardinia to intercept French military
convoy on its way from Toulon to Agiers.
The second operation will have peculiar
interest for English naval men. A French
squadron is to attempt to force its way
through tho straits of Gibraltar, torpedo
squadron barring the passage. The fact
of the French navy indulging in sham
fight under the very muzzle of war guns
seems somewhat questionable proceed
ing. In the third operation, the Gibraltar
straits having been forced, the torpedo
boats will try to prevent the squadron
from entering Brest.
The sight of these latter maneuvers is
oddly selected. Gibraltar is as much an
English military port as Cherbourg IS
French, and do not think that the
French would welcome an English sham
fight within gunshot Of the forts in the
breakwater. Tho programme certainly
requires explanation. OF course no harm
is meant, but the idea is violation Of
military rule and precedent If we lived
in-1ess civilized times, and had not COM
plete confidence in the peaceful intentions
Of our neighbors, what guarantee could
there be that the torpedo boats and squad
ron should not combine and attempt to
carry Gibraltar by coup de main? The
attention Of our admiralty should be called
to the matter, and the French authorities
requested to choose some less aggressive
spot.-Paris Cor. London Standard.
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DOORS THAT SELL WELL.
Price and Binding Said to Be the Chic
Elements Of Literary Success.

Price and Binding Said to Be the Chief
Elements Of Literary Success.
"Copyright has a good deal more to do
with it than anything else," said Broad
way bookseller when he was asked What
kind of books he sold the most Of. ut Is
matter of price, with The average public
Imean. Pirated English works outseu
the books Of American writer's, because
there Is no copyright on the English BOOKS
and they are accordingly low priced. A
now American book will occasionally sell
well for few weeks, but am talking
about the average sales. Next to the
Bible, Shakespeare and Dickens, the best
selling book is Tennyson's poems. There
Is no copyright and they can be gotten out
very chcaply. You ca1 get first rate
edition of Tennyson for 81. After Tenny-
son in popularity come Thackeray, Walter
Scott, Milton, Byron and miscellaneous
English poets. The American poets are
slow selling because they are copyrighted
and dear. Longfellow is still the best
selling American poet, end after him
come Whittier, Bryant, .Aldrich and Bret
Harte.
"Next to cheapness, gaudy binding
seems to be the principal attraction. When
the two are joined, nearly any sort of a
book Gun be made to 60. l remember the
experience of publisher, a friend of mine,
that proves the truth Of my view. he
bought at an auction sale for song
plates Of Southey's Thalaba, which once
formed part of complete set OF plates
Of Southey's works. My friend issued an
edition of Thalaba'-which, you know, is
lurid nightmare which no one understands
and no one but the proof reader has ever
read through-bound it in an elaborate
and attractive style and threw it on the
market as holiday gift book at $1.50.
1t sold like hot cakes. CT course no ono
that bought it ever tried to unravel the
delirious puzzle the book contained, but
it was poetry, it bore the name Of well
known author, it was bound-in O style
that made it o good center table orna-
ment, it was cheap-and that was
enough.
Cooper is the best selling American nov
elist. The copyright on his books expired
long ago. The best selling single work
ever written by an American is 'Unclo
TOMS Cabin which is still protected by
copyright, and which still sells, summer
and winter, thirty years after its first ap-
pearanco, as though 1t were just out.
Myl my! but there has been money made
out of that book. Mrs. Stowe has made
mere from it than from all her other
works together, and three or four pub
lshers have got rich from it.
s'The introduction Of the cheap paper
editions has reyolutionized our business,
and that of the juvenile book writer as
well. a dozen years ago, we used to sell
thousands Of sets every year of books by
Oliver Optic, Horatio Alger, ,Jr., Elijah Kel-
logg and others. Now we very rarely have
call for anything of the Kind. The cheap
paper libraries of detective and hunting
adventures have driven the other and
better books out Of the market-the worse
for the growing generation's morals,
should say."-C. E. f. in New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
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Giving Her Pet Instructions.

A little Boston maiden of G summers
has prize King Charles spaniel, for which
q doting aunt paid the neat price Of $400.
The aunt was desirious Of entering the
dog, and, obtaining permission Of the
girls parents she did so. 1T then became
necessary to break the news to the child
that for four days she would be separated
from her pet At first she refused to be
comforted, answering all arguments and
offers OF bribes merely by extravagant
lamentations; but at length the Inevitable
seemed to assert itself in the corner of her
small brain devoted to philosophy, and
upon the theory that what must be must
be, she became more calm. She was over
heard, however, giving very earnest ad-
vice to her darling upon the proper man.
ner Of conducting himself il this strange
show to which he was going, and she laid
especial stress upon the company he was
to keep there.
ssDon't 'sociate with common dogs"
she instructed him impressively. "You
may speak to the presidents dog Queen
Victoria's dog and-and Gods dog.'-
Boston Cor. Providence Journal.
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One Of New n1erioo's Buried Towns.

A few days ago two prospectors, while
wandering over the foothills east of the
city, accidentally stumbled on signs Of
previous habitation buried under heaps Of
sand (which had been drnted by the winds
of years. Having selected point at
which to make an excavation, they went
to work with will, and in few hours
had reached the floor of O small chamber
in the form Of parallelogram. They
found the remains Of several human be-
ings, several handsome vases carved with
geometrical figures in different colors,
stone axes, hammers, pieces Of cloth ap-
parently manufactured from the fibre Of
the yucca; several strings of beads, sea
shells, arrow heads and an abundance of
fragments Of obsidian quartz, and an in
credible quantity of pieces of broken pot
terry, including several with blue glaz-
ing. Only in one other instance have we
ever heard Of this color and quality Of
ware having been discovered in this terri
tory, and that was ut the ancient pueblo
near the Santa Rita, in this country, and 1t
indicates that the Spaniards had lived in
New Mexico before the extinction of the
race who inhabited this ruined and buried
village. Socorro, Bullion.
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Possibilities Of Hyonotism.

Dr. Hammond insists that the condition
of hypnotism con be maintained much
longer than has heretofore been believed
possible. BE declares that he can keep q
susceptible subject in hypnotic state for
two years; that in that condition he will
do the will Of the master mind completely,
and upon return to normal condition
will have no consciousness Of the acts
done during the period of subordination.
He could be made. to commit, the doctor
says, every crime in the calendar, and
upon recovery would have absolutely no
knowledge Of what he had been doing,
and consequently no remorse.
We regret extremely that DR.. Ham,
mond should have made this suggestion
as to the wicked possibilities Of hypnotism.
It would have been jnst as easy to point
out its possibilities for good, which must
be quite as great as its capabilities for
evil. If a person con be hynotized into q
condition of unconscious clirninaity, and
SO kept for an indefinite period, it must
also be possible to hYpnotize one into a
state of unconscious integrity and trust
worthiness. Detroit Free Press.
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Incident of a Railway Wreck.

Later in the day when ran upon an
old acquaintance turning away from O
bulletin board on Washington street with
face 80 white and drawn that inquired,
with an interest quite apart from the con-
ventional insigniflcance Of the question,
concerning his health. He was not Ill, he
assured me. It was this same horrible
story of men and women and boys and
girls crushed to death out at Forest Hills.
Yet this man, who blanched and trembled
almost to fainting at story Of suffering,
had inspired his regiment with his own
courage under the murderous fire that
swept Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, had
borne painful wounds with gayety that
checred the whole hospital and has car
riel the reputation ofa man Of iron nerve.
It is not, in my opinion, q question Of
nerves, nor yet Of self control, But Of that
deeper and less readily classified sentiment
of sympathetic humanity, which makes
tho brnvest seem weak when in the pres
ence Of pain and helpless either to relieve
it or to combat its cause.-Boston Post.
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1ttt1e ohanee for tho Beglnnor.

must say, Il, oil candor, that it is be-
ginning to look to me as If, between the
syndicate systern, the ready plate system
and the growth Of exclusiyeness and To-
voritisn, that there isn't fair show for
the developing author. He may sally
forth as boldly as ever with free lance,
but he cannot get into the arena in which
he longs to deport. This exclusiveness
has reached such limit that one or two
magazines state that they want nothing
that has not been specially ordered. In
other words, the writer with an estab-
Hshed reputation is solicited to write an
article, with the privilege of naming his
terms; the writer without reputation
isn't solicited and isn't wanted on any
terms, no matter how excellent the article
he has to offer. am speaking Of the
higher fields Of literature and not of Sc
rial newspapers; for it seems to me they
have dropped so far beneath mcdiocrity
that any tyro can figure in them provided
he knows how to be improbable and SEN
acknowledgements" IN Philadelphia
foil
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A managers Experience in Persia.

A managers Experience In Iersias
A Frenchman, one M. Leger, knowing
the shah's partialty for European revels,
has just taken an opera bouffe company
to the Persian capital He was certain
that the shah would honor the first night
and that all the big bashaws would follow
their monarch's example. And 30 they
did, not only coming, to tho show, but in
what they did when they got. there. The
curtain had not been up twenty minutes
when NJ. Leger received a note from his
majesty making handsome bid for three
of the chorus ladies. Before the piece was
over the puzzled manager was in posses
sion Of cash offers for the whole Of the
female members Of his company. The
tastes Of the bashaws In the audience
were varied. In most cases each would
be suitor had selected a blonde and bru-
nette, and one rich old general from the
Caucasus offered to transfer the whole
bevy of twenty-four Parisiennes to his
harem. On the state Of the audience be-
ing made known to the interested parties
they fatty refused to perform again, and
N. Leger, half ruined, has betaken him
self and his company to the less combust-
ible atmosphere Of st. Petersburg.-Frank
Tas1ja's
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Business Mems Physical Condition

With all the progress Of physical cul
ture in the last few years, much remains
to be done. Professional and business
men still stick to their Office chairs until
brain or liver or stomach 60 completely
wrong. The sallow faces and yellow eyes
seen in New York streets tell as depress-
ing story as the gross, pasty fat OF men
who persist in their sedentary lives until
apopiexy takes hand. No man can do his
best work when he is in such an unclean,
miserable physical condition. His views
Of life become bilious, and his moral code
,iemoralized. It is as much sin to
neglect the body as to neglect the mind
Frank ILesie's.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-19
Tho Lockiaw,s Special Bacillus.

And now Nicolaier, q student in Flujges'
laboratory, claims to have discovered the
special bacillus or rmicro-organism causing
lockjaw, and Bruger puts forth claims
that thu disease is also due to the ptomaine
ttetanine" produced in certain stages of
putrefaction. This is n definite chemical
compound which can be isolated by ap-
propriate chemical processes. When In
iected beneath the skin it will produce q
disease developing all the phenomena Of
lockjaw.-Chicago Tribune.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-19
Bull Fights in Mexico.

There is boom in bulls in Mexico The
craze for bull fights there has sent up the
price for belligerent boyines, which are
now quoted at from 5000 to $500 apiece.
Manzantini, who is playing star engage
ment through the country, has a poor
opinion Of the Mexican bulls, and purposes
to import some of the Spanish creatures for
next season. But as there is also said to
be a growing sentiment against the sport
In Mexico, there may be no fights next
season. on.-Boston Transcript.
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Not outte Sure Yet.

"Why, how 'are you, old maps' said 6
travelling man to on acquaintance. II de
clare, I hardly knew you. That mustache
has changed you wonderfully
$50 my friends tell me-"
eyes, indeed. I always told you to wear
q mustache. Now you have tried 1t aud
found 1t success
"Well, I'm not sure it's SUCCESS"
'sWhy not?"
"Why, T haven't been to see my cir.
Vet. ,,-Nerchant Traveller.
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rannin for Co,,s,,,n ption.

French physicians claim TO have found
out by experiments upon rabbits that t1-
berculosis may bc cured Ivy the admins
tration of tannln. Over fifty cases OF
phthisis have been treated - l::;:::.s tan
min in doses OF from t::o TO f2l:: grains
daily, and improvement w.is rcrccptible
In two weeks, tho patients Increasing in
Weieht.-Medical Journal.
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Snail Culture in Indiana.

A Swiss printer living in Indianapolis is
going to establish snail culture in that
section. Americans who have never been
abroad usually revolt at the idea of eat
ing "snails," but the fact is that the Eu-
ropean escargot, which leeds upon the
roots of grapevines, is real dclicacy, and
no more resembles the common snail than
the toothsomo lobster does the spider
crab.-Frank Leslic's.
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BuckIen'S Arnaca Salye.

The Best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblainss,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Hill Bros, Ander'
son, s. O.
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Al Graneer IN a Big hotel.

eve had. funny incident only last
week. A granger from Indiana strayed
into the house and said he'd like to stop
until tho night train went out. That was
Just before the dinner hour. When meal
time was announced the man from Indi-
ana advanced to the counter and asked
where the sink was. I knew what he
wanted, and waved my hand in the direc-
ton Of the washroom. He started off,
and In about minute heard loud laugh
ter from the people outside in the corridor.
On looking out T saw my country friend
busly engaged in washing bis face at the
drinking fountain. 7 hastened to him to
inform him that he had made a mistake,
but he met me before I could reach the
spot. He presented ludicrous sight.
The water was dripping from his face,
head and hands, while his hat, coat and
vest lay in heap on chair near the
fountain. 1t was too funny, and T. too,
joined in the laughter. The old fellow
appeared perplexed, but managed to stam-
mer out: sWhar do ye keep yer towelp
One of the porters then took pity OH the
old man and led him to the place he
wanted, where he finished his toilet. Yes,
we see all Kinds OF people in hotel, and
have some queer experiences" concluded
the clerk, as he turned to hand out some
writing material to guest.-Chicago
News
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shifting the Respon.ibilitx.

Critical Husband beef isn't flt to
eat. ii - 'i:' go
Wife-Well, told tho butcher that If it
waan' 'tgbod I would send you right around
to his shop to give him q. thfashing, and
I hope you will take some one with you,
for he looked pretty ugly, and did not
like the way he handled his big knife
"Humphl Oh, wed, I've seen worse
meat than this. .''-Omaha World.
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It looked upon the1ong narrow garden
stretching from the house and little church,
now flooded with warm sunshine. ALI
was calm, golden, peaceful; yet Georgette
gnzed with. sudden, Unexplained sinking
of the heast. At the farther end, under
the shadow of lofty plane tree, was q
deal table, and by it stood u patient faced
woman, evidently belonging to the peasant
class, busily ironing. Home1y as was her
appearance, it was, nevertheless, not with
out a certain dignity and pathos. She
looked so absorbed in the business Of IRON
ing, so forGetful of self, so lost to a sense
OF everything but the matter Of fact, pro-
sale task before her.
"You see yonder poor good woman, !"
the pastor said, as the pair thus watched
the unconscious figure from the window.
sI loved another, whose story you have
just told. But the first act of my new
life, and newly awakened conscience, was
to atone to her had wronged in my
youth
- =
And romance had now surely knocked
at.that parsonage door for the first, last
time. With burning tears, hand clasp,
whispered word, and one long, lingering
gazs into each others eyes, the two
parted. Who shall say ever to meet
againP - !!t-la ..
Strange as 1t would seem at first sight,
] this fateful meeting little affected the
tenor, Of their outward hves: Itwas as If
all the1 daring, all sthe hereisn, all the
force of these. two characters had been
already spent; by Georgette de Beaumont
ftot init fixyof hot 1,o fho
truly fine act Of her life; by the pastor,
upon the .twofold sacrifice made for con-
science Esake. He had suddenly found
himself at the parting; Of the ways; on the
ONE HAND, beckoned worldly fortune,
the esteem Of the great, command
ing social position; on the other
poverty, scorn, an abnormal condition,
: but, coupled with these,:a conscience nt
rest. Then came the second choice. He.
might make material atonement to the
peasant girl he had wronged years before.
He might then, having dismissed this sub
ject of self reproach, think Of the flreside
happiness no longer denied him, and even
dream Of Georgette, the beautiful
Georgette!
Once the straight psth taken, the tempt
ing traverse lost sight Of forever, he
seemed to lose all ambition, all enterprise,
even all capacity Of looking forward.
Again and again after that interview
Georgette tried to rouse him from his
lethargy and entice him from the dead
alive country town in which he was lost
to the world. Yet he seemed not un-
happy, rather passive and automatic, as if
the strings Of passion and action were
stopped forever, brought to standstill by
some rude. shock.
) ,Itswas the same with Georgette. After
that Journey to the parsonage amid the
vines, she returned whittier she had come,
and continued to live in the world. Again
and again suitors demanded her hand, but
she steadfastly refused to marry.-'.M. E.
B. {" in Temple Bar.
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Tho Arab Horse Beaton.

The lingering idea that the Arab horse,
but for his inches, would be better than
his English brother, grows more purely
romantic every year. A contest occurred
recently in Cairo between an Arab Of
recognized superiority and an English
mare, the latter carrying fourteen pounds
more weight, both Of exactly the same
height, and the Oriental champion, al
though he had been first in the betting,
was beaten cut of sight. Thus do the
baseless fancies Of the imagination fade
away.-New York Sun.
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Modern conjurers and nragicians.

The public are very easily deceived in
the matter Of legerdemain, and mainly be-
cause they expect to be. The motion of
the hand, Of course, Is about four times
quicker than the eye, but in many cases
it would be impossible to deceive were it
not chat the spectator, looking for the re-
suit, fails entirely to watch the hands of
tho prestidigitator. OF course, we use
great many mechanical contrivances, and
have confederates even among the audi
ence, but as q rule the tricks which please
and mystify most are simple examples Of
sleight Of hand. The modern conjurers Of
Europe now far surpass the so called
magicians Of the east. Many, it not most,
of the stories told of Japanese and Chinese
mysteries are mythical In tho course of
extended travels throughout eastern Asia
I have never met conjurer whose tricks
I could not duplicate, and in many cases
perform feats not even dreamed of in that
country. France furnishes the greatest
number Of mechanical contrivances for
the performance of feats in magic, and
Paris is undoubtedly the best school for
the training Of embryo magicians.-Pro-
fessor Hermann in lobe-Democrat.